Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

φιλόμβριος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: φιλόμβριος φιλόμβριον

Structure: φιλομβρι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: o)/mbros

Sense

  1. rain-loving

Examples

  • τὸν Νυμφῶν θεράποντα, φιλόμβριον, ὑγρὸν ἀοιδόν, τὸν λιβάσιν κούφαισ τερπόμενον βάτραχον χαλκῷ μορφώσασ τισ ὁδοιπόροσ εὖχοσ ἔθηκε, καύματοσ ἐχθροτάτην δίψαν ἀκεσσάμενοσ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 431)

Synonyms

  1. rain-loving

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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